Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-05
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.


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intruders off thesessfVaten and AeEs
them of. e-|
A man named H. syiiiamE ebaut
80 years old, well dressed and having
a fine gold watch and chain on his
person, was fonnd dead in the woods
on the Minnesota side abouttw miles
from st. Paul. The suicide had evi.
i9eptB gong thcpetocqTmit the H9t.A
Geo. s. BidweTl, one Of the pioneers
of Mitchell, AMI for several years a
monument land attorney, was found
'ihla az ing ddhditionIalbnb in his house
on a claim a few miles southwest OF
Mitchell.-
{ Sioux, Fails Special The represent
atiEes OF the insurance companies OF
Dakota, who held a, meeting here
took concerted action to Offset
the combinations of ninety-sik out
side companies 20 freeze out the home
companies. Action was also taken
in relation TO the new law regarding
calculations, rates, commissions, etc.
The eompositors on the papers at
Aberdeen have formsd the Aberdeen
Typographical unions Il Officers have
been elected and Q charter sent for, Z
Iron on the Salem line has been laid
to within a few miles Of Mitchell. Q
Work, on the! Bismarck and North
western is already begun, and the con-
tract for the construction of ITO
miles additional, orifrom Aberdeen to
Napoleon, Logan county, has been let
to- Eangdoh 4 Co.,.Minneapohs:
Seven Sioux Indians were taken
to Pierre, d and lodged in the coun-
,ty, Jail for pillasing settlers prop
ierty on Che Winnebago reservation.
F1iP Plans for the new building connect
ing With the Agricultural college at
BrooEings have been accepted, and
have been taken, to Huronfor thegov-
ernor's approval The basement will
consist of shops. The first fioor,wll
be used as a chapel and reception,
room witha seating capacity OF 800
and the upper stores will be used as a
dormitory. President McI.outh and
family have arrived from Michigan.
A pension has been ~granted~to I. E.
Dhtton OF Bismarck.
- The recent DECISION of the interior
department will throw ten townships,
containing 23O, 900 acres of surveyed
land, into the market in the DEVILS
Lake district, whietthe surveying con-
tracts to be carried, out cover six
townships Of 1873, 900 ~acres.loo, f.la
At Gary, Ryeerrson Bros. OF Spencer,
Iowa. purchased over three hundred
head OF cattle, paying a little over S.
600. The herd will be driven TO Spencer
across the tcountry; r.. g., - lr,-,af
9 Jesse Fitch FOREMAN OF the Mitwau-
kee yards at Mitchell, was arrested,
charged with stealing 5000 from the
sale OF the ticket Office. He admitted
his guilt and went TO Jail. G1',5'
J Lee Mum, the Chinese laundfymah
OF Grafton, diedifrom the effects OF too
3 much opiu,n..i'' sS''" "'t t''''
The site of the Jamestown college
building ~waslocated of-s-bluffnotth
OF the. city, on ground donated for
that purpose. A $50, 600 building
will be erected this summer. The diI
m~ensions of the building will I'D
l0ox44, three stories and BASEMENT,
to be of brick with stone trimmings.
The main structure will contain a
chapel with q seating capacity of 300,
b Aeraatery : accommodating forty
and suitable recitation rooms.
q All. PemBina the son OF William Fer!
euson had his neck broken by falling
from a wagon. b"' . '.'" ."" go.
In the district court at Grafton
in the case of w. G. Mitchell, OF the
Forest River Journal, for libel, the jul
ry disagreed. Fromstadt, sentenced
to 500 ineiand thirty days in the
county jail Cor assault and battery;
George Denton, fifteen months in the
pehitentiary at Bismarck for embez-
element.
A grain elevator, owned by l.. D..
Petit at Rapid city, burned down.
Loss, 10000; insurance, $4,000.
In the territorial court at Yahkton
R. NJ. Shumway was convicted OF at.
tempting the life OF George Rudd.
Rudd and Shumway were rivals for
the affections of a young lady. and
while the former vas visiting at her
home, Shumw way shot at him through
the window, infiicting a slight scalp
wound. The woman In the case testi.
fed against the prisoner, and it is
principally upon her evidence that he
was convicted: sal" "..' !" 'i"'
1t is reported that, ex-Gov. Pierce
has declined the Presidency OF the
University at Grand Forks.
Building operations at the insane
asylum at Jamestown will begin early
in May. The plans include two. full
ward buildings, which will make four
when completed, a large engine room
and coal house, q kitchen and an
amusement hall and chapel to cost
1000. Construction to the amount
of Sl53,O00 will engage the attention
Of the trustees this season.
In response to numerous requests,
Attorney General Templeton has writ
ten an opinion on sheriffs' fees on fore.
closure of mortgages, which will be
published in the. Argus. 1t covers
every phase of the question, and is oil
great interest to. the territory. He
takes the ground that the sheriff can,
n~ot!colleot fees for taking acknowledge,
ments or for making out certificates,
but allows the officer for making the
| sale, where the amount is Under
$1,000, $500 for advertising and
mileage, and the fee for making the
| sale is given as $40 when the price bid
| by the party foreclosing exceedsS1 900,
while, the other. fees remain the same.
The law is so indefinite that there has
to be much implied in all cases, and
this has caused wide difference of opin
inion among sheriffs and attorneys
The attorney general quotes many
authorities to support his position,
The Chicago & Northwestern rail
road has completed the work of laying
the wire connecting Huron and Red,
| field.
| The residence Of Peter Stewart, six
miles north of Fargo, was burned re
Gently .Gr.: tth 2ia-~ '..iJ"ti.2 mi
The Hicks-Trask Hardware compa
ny at Aberdeen, which assigned som,
weeks since, has resumed business. II
has settled with all the, creditors dol
lar for dollar. 49,"
Smith & Boyd,proprietors of a larg'